Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Leptotrochila sanguisorbae

Leptotrochila sanguisorbae (Jaap) Schüepp, 1959

on Sanguisorba

gall

up to 4 mm large, yellowish leaf spots with a dark margin. At the underside initially globular, later dish-shaped yellowish brown apothecia. Asci 9-12 x 50-65 µm, spores 4-5 x 8-10 µm.

hostplants

Rosaceae, monophagous

Sanguisorba officinalis.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 246), Negrean (1995a).

Last modified 24.ix.2022